Now I have all the pages. The document is a letter from Georgetown, Oct. 11, 1800 — pages 1 and 6 are "Illegible Text" placeholders; pages 2–5 and 7–10 are the same letter (duplicated on the reel). I'll transcribe the letter once from pages 2–5. Geo. Town Oct 11. 1800 [Stamp: War Dept. Rec^d Oct 14, 1800 / R.P.O. 401810] This day last week I wrote to you and expected the letter would have gone by D^r Gillesby but [it] was detained here by the indisposition of [M^r] G— [In a former letter I] informed you of having rec^d the balance of [undecipherable] Gen^l Wilkinson Since which I have rec^d your 4^th Inst. inclosing the order on M^r Noirse, and [have] likewise received that amount — I have obtained through the politeness of M^r Steele in the absence of [the] Secretary of [the] Treasury a draft on M^r [undecipherable] for the balance due you as follows Viz [Am^t] rec^d from General Wilkinson . 589.50           deduct portage paid . . — 25                       589.25 Am^t rec^d from M^r Noirse . . . 50—           deduct postage paid . . 25                       49.75 Am^t you remitted to me in a Post Note . . 100—                                                           D 739— Deduct postage paid on three letters herewith . . . 1.52                                         Bal^s due D^r 737: 48 for which amount you will receive inclosed a Treasury draft N^o 1797 dated this day at Sight — which I hope will come [—] to hand — I have agreeably to your desire remitted this [—] by M^r Lane who starts tomorrow morning for Philad. I have taken up the letters from the Post Office directed to you conceiving that the public Service might Suffer [—] in their laying here — which I hope will be [—] to you — I charged the postage I paid on [—] related to business not as I supposed [—] but this may be obviated by your addressing [your] letters in future to me under cover to M^r [undecipherable]. You will observe that I now repay you the hun[dred] dollars formerly lent to me for all of w[hich I] will Thank you to give me an acknowledgen[ent] by letter when convenient. — Knowing your influence and vast connections in Philad^a and other places I will thank you to put what little business [—] can in my way in the Commission line such as [collecting] any monies from either of the Offices for which Such Commission may be charged as you shall think proper — I don't mean to include [—] in this any transactions I may have for yourself. This I will do with pleasure without thinking of any thing like a Commission — but it will always give me [—] pleasure to serve you without — I only mention the [—] should you be able to put any little [—] [way?] for I assure you things are [—] high here and if any thing extra can be made consistently with my duty it would tend to deminish in some measure the amount of my [—] [expenses]. Nothing new has occured here. [undecipherable] has gone to the Eastward — The health of Washington City is much better than it was & I think from present appearances will continue so — The election of this State I have just learnt is lost to the federals — a Majority of 10 or 12. Antis — being elected — I return you herewith agreeably to your request the Statement of Col^o Stevers — inclosed in your letter to me of the 13^th Ultimo — came with, Sentiments of friendship to[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Magner [Col^o James Hodgson Philad^a] [Administrative docketing notation, undecipherable] [189]